Last year I moved into a new classroom, and it was worth the wait. I had been hoping I'd eventually have the opportunity to move into this room because it was so much bigger. It has tons of cabinets and even an office! Once I found out I'd be moving, I knew I wanted to do a new theme - and I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Over the past few years, I've been collecting journey-themed items because that idea just really inspires me. Hopefully this post of my classroom makeover journey - see what I did there ;) - will inspire … [Read more...]
Ideas for Decorating a Middle-High School Classroom, Vintage Rock Star Glam Theme
Most scondary classrooms don't have a theme, and I certainly never have in my years of teaching in middle-high school classrooms an all-out classroom theme like, say, they do in elementary schools. However, I can say there is great value in having a “theme” of sort – even in a secondary classroom. I like to be super-organized, and a theme/scheme works well for me and the students. One theme I've used in the past was "Rock Star," and on the first day of school we talk about what my theme is and we have a mini lesson on theme … [Read more...]
